Before today's Penn State Board of Trustees meeting got underway in Hersey this afternoon, former United States Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, who helped commission the Paterno report released last month, released a statement denouncing personal insults and urging the Board of Trustees to publicly review both the Freeh and Paterno report.
Scott Paterno has released a statement on behalf of his family regarding Ken Frazier's comments about the Freeh report yesterday. Paterno finds Frazier's choice of words "unfortunate" and says that the Freeh report is no more independent than the Paterno report.
If you haven't heard of her yet, you probably will soon -- Penn State sophomore Nicole Kelner runs the handbag company Nicole Kelner Designs, whose SmartPurse™ was just featured in April 2013 issue of Vogue UK.
The College of Communications has just announced that George Bodenheimer, executive chairman of ESPN, will be the 2013 commencement speaker.
After recent controversy and protest, Penn State has suspended its contract with Adidas for 60 days, effective immediately.
Patrick Howley isn’t your average Board of Trustee candidate, not only because of his young age, although that certainly does set him apart. Currently, the youngest alumni member of the Board is Adam Taliaferro, who graduated from Penn State in 2005. However Howley feels that this is something that needs to change.